It’s about time we make the well-being of our young people more important than ideology and politics. As a country, we benefit from investing in their future by investing in teen pregnancy prevention.

The quotation frames teen pregnancy prevention as a pragmatic, future-oriented public investment rather than a battleground for partisan or moral ideology. By contrasting “well-being” with “ideology and politics,” Fonda argues that policy should prioritize measurable outcomes for adolescents—health, education, and life chances—over symbolic cultural disputes. The second sentence links individual welfare to national benefit, implying that prevention programs yield broad social returns (e.g., improved educational attainment, reduced poverty and health costs). The rhetoric positions prevention as both compassionate and fiscally responsible, urging a shift from reactive judgment to proactive support for young people.